Reports of Cases Argued and Determined Before the Committees of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: Appointed to Hear Appeals and Petitions. 1829-[1836], Volume 1J. & W. T. Clarke, 1831 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 373 - Titii faceret, nihil agetur; nam et si procuratori meo rem tradideris ut meam faceres, is hac mente acceperit ut suam faceret, nihil agetur.